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J. E. DURHAM &;J. E. DEVINE. BASKET MAKING MACHINE.

No. 605,408. v Pa tented June 7,1898.

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' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J.'E. DURHAMXE J. E. DEVI'NE. BASKET MAKING MACHINE Patten ted June '7, 1898.

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NlTE STATES PATENT gu men.

JOHN E. DURHAM AND JOSEPH E. DEVINE, OF DOUGLAS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGN- ORS TO ELMER E. WEED, D. MILTON GERBER, AND CORNELIUS GERBER,

OF SAME PLACE. I

BASK ET -MAKI N LG AoH N E.

SPECIFICATION forming ara Letters Patent No. 605,408, dated June 7, 1898. Application filed July 19, 1897. e -1.1a; 645,133. (No niodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN E. DURHAM and JOSEPH E. DEVINE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Douglas, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BasketeMaking Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

IO such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, 7

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica- I 5 tion.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in basket-making inachines of that class which are designed for use in the manufacture of baskets or packages having solid wooden bottoms, splint sides, and hoops or bands which are secured thereto by staples or nails.

The machine illustrated is designed especiall y for the manufacture of fruit-packages,

such as is known to the trade as theClimax basket, said basket being substantially rectangular with rounded corners.

The invention consists in the particular construction, organization, and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter set forth 7 and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying"drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a basket-makingmachine con- 3 5 structed in accordance 'with our improvement, the stapling mechanism being omitted. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation; Fig.3, a rear elevation. Fig.4is an enlarged detail view taken through the form, the form andmeans for holding the same in engagement with the frame being shown in section. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the parts carried by the upper end of a lever,lwhich parts engage with the bottom of the basket when placed on the form. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the line 5 5 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7

is a plan view, partly in section, showing the arrangement of the stapling-machine, hoopguides, and rollers with respect to the basketform. A

A refers to the base of the machine, to which which are journaled shafts a b 0 cl, the standard 13 also having a support for a guide pulley or roller 6 and a boxing or housing f, through which passes a reciprocating shaft. The upper ends of the standards are connected to each other by a flat plate or board, which provides a table and means for attaching 6o thereto a suitably-constructed stapling-ma chine, which operates in unisonwith the form and is driven from the shaft Z2.

D refers to the form upon which the basket is made, and this form has an exterior shape corresponding to .the internal configuration of the basket-that isto say, the form in the present instance is tapered, has parallel sides,

rounded corners andends, though the ends may have such a slight curve as to be practi- 7o cally flat at their centers. Theform D has internal gear-teeth D D and adjacent to the gear-teeth or rack D? is arecess D one side of which is formed by a rim D which is attached to the form in any suitable. manner, preferably by bolts or screws, as shown. The shaft d carries pinions d 01 I which are in mesh with the racks D D The form is held in engagement with the frame by means of a plate D which is rigidly attached to the frame or standard B, and through'which passes the shaft (1, and the plate Diispreferably elliptical in shape and of such length that the ends will engage or he in the recess D except when the form turns vertically, for when 8 5 in such a position only the upper end of the plate engages with the recess. In practice when the shaft is rotated the form will move horizontally or longitudinally until it reaches a corner, when it will drop to substantially a 90 vertical position and will then be again swung around to a horizontal position, and during such movements the part above the pinions will occupy the same relative position. To

the upper end of the standard or to the table- 5 top are attached short or stub shafts E, upon which are mounted rollers E, which bear upon the rimD and assist in holding the form in engagement with the pinions, and these rollers are of sufficient distance apart as to allow me the sharp or rounded corners of the form to pass up between the rollers as the form turns. The rim of the form is provided with a spring catch or projection (1 between which are placed the ends of the hoop, which is attached to the inner side of the upper edge of the basket. The form described is made of metal and may be in a single piece, as the rim can be formed integral therewith, and when it is made integral the form can be caused to engage with the plate by placing it in a vertical position and then turning the form. It is,

shown) to hold the shaft against rotation except when positively driven. The shaft 0 carries at its rear end a ratchet-wheel O, and on each side of the ratchet-wheel are secured plates 0, between which is pivoted pawl 0 and said plates 0 have extensions or projecting portions between which is pivoted the upper end or head of a pitman-rod C the lower end being connected to an arm orpitman mounted on the shaft b, said pitman having an adjustable wrist-pin, so that the throw of the pawl may be varied when desired. The drivingpulley is referred to by A and is mounted on the shaft (1 so as to rotate independent thereof and also be capable of a sliding movement, and when said pulley is moved toward the front part of the machine it will frictionally engage a pulley ordrum A which is rigidly mounted on the shaft a. The pulley A is provided with a hub having a circumferential recess, and the face of the pulley opposite said hub is beveled for engagement with the beveled face of the drum A said drum also having a projecting rim or flan go. The shaft (1, hereinbefore referred to, which is the driving-shaft, has a pinion A which is in mesh with a gear-wheel B on the shaft 17, and the front end of said shaft carries a wrist-wheel B with which the pitmanrod 1) engages,-said pitman-rod also being attached to a vertical reciprocating shaft 13", which extends upward through the table and frame of the staplingmachine, said staplingmachine being actuated therefrom, as will be hereinafter described.

G refers to an arm or lever with extensions at its lowerend which are spread and are f ulcrumed or pivoted to brackets which extend upward and are secured to the forward portion of the base A, and this lever G has a cross-bar e, to which is attached a chain which passes over the guide pulley or roller 6 and extends therefrom to a foot-lever G or treadle, which when depressed moves the lever G toward the front of the machine, and said footlever engages with a post or standard G having a notched portion gflwhich engages with the foot-lever when moved laterally to hold the foot-lever in a depressed position. The upper end of the lever G carries a pair of roll ers g, which are separated from each other by a sleeve 9, and the upper end of the lever G carries a plate g (see Figs. 5 and 6,) which projects laterally therefrom and is adapted to bear upon the bottom of the basket and hold the same, acting in conjunction with the rollers, against the outer'edge of the form, and the plate is of such a size that it will project slightly beyond the form and form a guide for the splints which make up the side of the basket. H refers to a foot-lever,'which is held normally raised'by a spring h, which is attached thereto and to the standard B, the function of said spring being to hold the forwardly projecting member of the foot-lever raised, so that the rear or vertical member h, which engages with the grooved hub of the pulley A, will hold said pulley out of engagement with the drum A The forwardly-projecti n g member of thelever H passes through a suitable, guide loop, which insures a vertical movement of the foot-lever and prevents the same being moved laterally as the foot-lever adjacent thereto is moved to hold it depressed. Thelever H, at a point in front of its fulcrum and below the straight flange of thedrum A carries a brake-blockH, which is bolted to the horizontal portion of the lever.

To start the machine, the foot-lever H is depressed, which causes the driving-pulley A to be moved laterally upon its shaft, so as to engage with a conical or tapered face of the drum. The same movement moves the brake block out of engagement with said drum. As the shaft a turns, the pinion will drive the gear-wheel B on the shaft b, which cl, upon which the form is mounted, as hereinbefore described. The stapling-machine, it will be noted, is driven from the pitman Z). The stapling-machine is rigidly bolted to the table and projects over the form and when operated is adapted to drive two sets of stap'les, one of the sets of staples entering the ,outer hoop, which is at the bottom of the basket, passing through said hoop, the veneers or splints, and entering the bottom of the basket, the other stapler passing through the outer hoop at the top of the basket, the

1 veneers, the inner hoop, and being clenched over the inner side of the same by engagement with the form. To the stapling-machine are secured a pair of hoop-rollers i 2', which are carried by a bar which maintains them in proper position over the form, andto this. bar is attached the standard 2' which works up and'down in a tube which is provided with a coiled spring, the function of the same being to keep the rollers pressed upon the hoops while being stapled,'and in front of the hoop-rollers are guides, the function of which is to keep the hoops in line as they are being drawn around the form.

The stapling-machine may be of any approved construction, and the outer plunger drives the staples into the bottom of the basket without clenching orupsetting the ends, while the inner stapler drives the staples through the hoops and sides of the basket, the ends of the staples being clenched or up set by engagement with the metallic form.

The staplin gmachine has a pair of stapling heads and drives two staples at every downward motion, and the distance between the staples may be varied by changing the throw of the pawl, which engages with the ratchetwheel.

The basket-form such as is used in the manufactureof a basket of the shape known to the trade as the climax has parallel sides and ends, which are at right angles to.

the sides, the sides and ends being joined by rounded or quadrant corners. The mechanism for driving the form includes a shaft having a fixed axis, the shaft having pinions which mesh with a rack carried by the form, and the shaft is intermittently rotated, so as to actuate the form and impart thereto a stepby-step movement, the sides and ends of the form successively being brought to the same plane beneath the staple-drivers of the stapling-machine, the corners of the form being turned successively in quadrant arcs, the axis of which is the center of the shaft. Thus the driving-shaft forms a fixed center upon which the form turns as each corner thereof is engaged by the driving-pinion on the shaft.

In forming a basket the inside hoop is first placed on the form and is held thereon by a small plate or spring C1 The bottom is then placed over the form and is held against movement by pins diwhioh project outwardly therefrom. The foot lever G is then depressed and a piece of veneer is placed on the top of the form and the top and bottom hoops are placed beneath the hoop-rollers. The operator then places his foot on the lever H, which starts the machine, and as the form .revolves the pieces of veneer are placed thereon until the basket is completed. The machine is stopped by simply removing the foot from the lever H, and after the machine is stopped the lever G is released by moving it laterally, which permits the lever or arm to swing away from the form. The basket is then removed from the form and is complete andready for use.

The frame of the stapling-machine is rigidly attached to the table and has two armsformed integral with the frame, in which the stapledrivers reciprocate, each arm also'carrying mechanism for making the staples which are driven thereby. Motion is imparted to the wire-feed staple, formers and drivers by the usual mechanism attached to the arms, which 'are carried by the vertically reciprocating bar B Though the machine hereinbefore described is designed especially for making baskets of such shape as are known to the trade as the Climax basket, it is obvious that the shape of the form may be changed and a basket of a different shape produced without in any Wise departing from our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

. 1. In a basketmaking machine, a form having internal racks rotatably mounted beneath a stapling-machine, a shaft having pinions which engage with the racks of the form and means for holding the form in engagement with said pinions, substantially as set forth.

2. In a basket-making machine,a form hav- V ing racks, a recess in the form, a plate engaging with said recess and a shaft which passes through the plate, said shaft having pinions for actuating the form,substantially as shown.

I 3. In abasket-making machine, the combination with a form having parallel sides and rounded corners, a shaft having pinions for engagement with racks which project from the inner side of the form; together with a retaining-plate upon which the form moves and a stapling-machine mounted above the form, substantially as shown.

4:. In a basket-making machine, a form upon which the parts of the basket are .as sembled, a stapling-machine mounted above the form and in gear therewith, the gearineluding mechanism for imparting to the form an intermittent movement between the strokes of the staple-drivers, the range of movement of the form being alternately horizontal beneath the staple-drivers and in quadrant arcs in turning the corners thereof.

5. In a basket-making machine,a form having internal racks, a recess and circumferential flange, a plate carried by a support said plate engaging the recess, a shaft which passes through the plate and is provided with pinions which engage with the racks so that the plate and pinions on the shaft provide a support for the form, a pair of rollers mounted so as to engage with the flange and a stapling machine mounted above the form, substan tially as shown.

6. In a basket-making machine, the combination with a stapling-machine, of a form mounted beneath the same and in gear therewith, means for supporting and actuating the form so as to impart thereto a longitudinal movement for the length of each side and an intermediate turning or rotative movement at the corners.

7. In a basket-making machine the combination with a form and means for moving said form longitudinally turning the same and again moving the opposite side longitudinally, of rollers carried by the frame and adapted to engage with said form and a pair of rollers carried by a pivoted support for engagement with the bottom of a basket when placed on the form; together with a stapling-machine operating above said form and in conjunction therewith.

8. In a basket-making machine, the combination with a stapling-machine and drivinggear therefor, of a basket-form in gear with the mechanism for driving the stapling-machine, the form being so supported and geared that there will be imparted thereto an intermittent movement rotatably about its four corners alternately with a movement hori-,

zontally for the length of its sides and ends.

9. In a basket-making machine, the combination with driving mechanism having means or devices for imparting an intermittently-rotaryvmovement to a shaft, a basket-form having a horizontal and partially-rotary movement imparted thereto from the intermittently-rotating shaft, a shaft in gear with the driven shaft and provided with a pitman for imparting a reciprocating movement to a stapling-machine,'a foot-lever and means for holding the foot-lever raised so that the driving-shaft will be held against movement with the driving-pulley free to turn thereon, the brake being released when the driving-pulley is in operative engagement therewith by the depression of the foot-lever, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a basket-making machine a frame or support having a plate, a form having a recess with which said plate engages, a rotary shaft having a pinion, the form having inward-projecting racks for engagement with the pinion on the shaft so that the form will be given when the shaft is rotated a longitudinal movement and a swinging movement on different arcs; together with a staplingmachine having hoop-rollers and hoop-guides, for the purpose set forth.

11. In a basket-making machine, the combinationwith a form, a stapling-machine having staple-drivers positioned above the same, of a support for a shaft carried by the stapling-machine so as to project beyond the staple-drivers thereof,hoop rollers and guides carried by said shaft and a spring for forcing the shaft toward the form, for the purpose set forth.

drivers, a shaft-spring actuated in one direc- I tion, a cross-bar attached to the shaft and provided with rollers, said cross-bar also carrying a plate with guide-pins, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a basket-making machine, the combination with a frame having shaft-bearings as shown in which are journaled shafts a b c and d, pitmen attached to the shaft a one for imparting a reciprocating motion to the staple-drivers of a stapling-machine the other having a pawl for engagement with a ratchetwheel to drive the shaft 0, a gear-wheel on the shaft 0 which meshes with a pinion on the shaft (1, and a basket-form in gear with the pinions on the shaft cl, the parts being organized, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

14. In a basket-making machine, a form upon which the parts of the basket are manually assembled, mechanism for imparting to the form a step-by-step movement longitudinally and a movement rotatably about the corners of the form, a guide or plate upon which the form moves and turns, a pair of guide-rollers in direct engagement with the form one on each side of the longitudinal center of the driving-shaft which imparts movement to the form, substantially as set forth. 

